An 8 year rebuild to win a playoff round would be an absolute terrible joke and pretty un acceptable.
anything more then 4 years means that you have a failure in scouting and your GM is doing a terrible job of acquiring assets.
In the time between the fourth and fifth year you should be pushing hard for free agents to fill in the gaps and support a fairly young core.
Lets not get sucked into the Oiler, Islander Panther theory of rebuild. The only reason why the rebuild takes so long in those cities is due to absolutely blinding incompetence and outright stupidity.
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